Increasingly schools are realising that you can’t separate health and well being from academic success and achievement.With examples from his professional travels around the world, Sir Al will describe the benefits of working in the overlap between the worlds of education and health.

Statistically speaking, one child in every class will lose a parent in the UK. And statistically speaking, that child will go on to to suffer a range of related issues that can have an impact on subsequent school achievement. But, as caring schools prove, it doesn’t have to be this way.

The push for standards takes a heavy toll, not only on some of our most vulnerable young people but also on their teachers. With insights from his experience as a headteacher, teacher and MAT principal, Vic will explore how to make the most of a system that seems to conspire against the well-being of so many people.

Dave Harris (with Beth Harris) The A-Grade Illness- Spotting the Signs of Anoreia and What to do to Help Prevent It

Anorexia is the third most common chronic disease in young people after asthma and diabetes, affecting females and males from all backgrounds. What are the warning signs, what can be done by all those concerned and what is life like battling it on a daily basis? The more school know, the more they can help.

According to the Mental Health Foundation, the UK has the highest rates of self-harm in Europe with estimates of at least 1 in 250 people self-harming, the majority, aged between 11 and 25. What is it, why does it happen, what are the signs and what can schools do?.

Julie ReesThe Well Community - Building Emotional Wellbeing Through Values Education

With schools increasingly being pushed to focus on data, targets and results, it can be all too easy to lose sight of the humans and the humanity at the heart of the education system. Values-based education is a proven approach to restoring a healthy balance with benefits that go well beyond simply academic achievement.

Since leaving the world of education to re-train as an Art Psychotherapist five years ago, Bethan has gained in-depth experience and expertise to support teachers in a variety of schools. She uses her knowledge on child development and mental health training as a way of helping get the best out of even our most troubled children. She has worked with young people and their families through organisations such as; Sure Start, Priority Families, Catharsis and most recently Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS). She has also completed psychosocial projects internationally; working creatively alongside teachers to support children that have experience war and conflict in Kakuma refugee camp, Kenya. More recently she delivered training on the impact of trauma to volunteer teachers in Serbia. Both projects where supported by the registered charity World Wide Education Project.